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attorney

[uh-tur-nee] / əˈtɜr ni /


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Lamarco and his firm have previously been drawn into court battles involving celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, and once generated a few media headlines after Lamarco challenged late-night host Jimmy Fallon to a $1 million bet.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

“If you’re going to accuse a student of using AI you need to understand the impact it has on the student and give them the proper due process,” said Evan Nelson, Kato’s attorney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

They cannot protect ill-gotten gains from civil asset forfeiture claims brought by a future attorney general.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

“If the County rejects the claim, Sheriff Bianco will have the right to sue the County ... which he intends to do,” Bradley Hertz, Bianco’s attorney, wrote in an email to Times reporter Iris Kwok.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

“Well, Tom,” said the attorney general, “I see you’re in the act too.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

But defence attorneys said they needed more time to prepare their case and floated a 2029 start.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

In a statement to the BBC's US partner, CBS News, Seaver's attorneys said he was "grateful to put this misunderstanding behind him so that the family can grieve peacefully".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

McKinney was backed by a coalition of law enforcement unions, four former city attorneys and L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

As noted above, the government’s attorneys obtained the complaint by presenting a magistrate judge with a 27-page affidavit.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

She bent her head to write something on the papers in front of her, and attorneys up front started whispering because I guess Digger wasn’t supposed to go on like that.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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